RAAGMALIKA IN HINDI FILM 'MR.SAMPAT'( 1952 )

PADMINI

Shamshad Begum

Talat Mahmood

This movie was a social satire based on renowned author R.K.Narayan's famous story 'MR.SAMPAT'. The central character was played by Moti Lal and heroine was Padmini.She is a stage artist and performs in plays of progressive thoughts.But situations take turn in such a way due to tricky gimmicks of Mr.Sampat that heroine is also trapped in that net.Due to misunderstandings  developed with her writer and director,she has to leave that theater and joins another one showing traditional entertaining plays only.This Raagmalika shows the short glimpses of those traditional plays in a sequence. 
      Threre are five songs based on five different Raagas, beautifully sung by SHAMSHAD BEGUM and TALAT MAHMOOD .First song is composed in raga Bilawal and second in  raga Aasawari.These two are in the voice of Shamshad Begum.Third song "Laila laila pukarun..." composed in Gunkali,is sung by Talat Mahmood.It is followed by two popular Dadras again sung by Shamshad Begum."Kaga sab tan...Maine lakhon ke bol..." is composed in raga Kaushik Dhwani and the last "Andheriya hai raat sajan..." is composed in raga Khamaj.
This Raagmalika is the result of rigorous research of many years.Hope everyone will enjoy its compositions and presentation.

RAAGMALIKA IN HINDI FILM:DIL KI RAAHEN(1973)

NAKHSH LAYALPURI

MANNA DEY,MADAN MOHAN and REHANA

MADAN MOHAN

MANNA DEY

In this article I am giving the details of a unique रागमालिका , composed by veteran music director मदन  मोहन  in the film दिल  की  राहें  (1973).The lyrics were written by नखश  लायलपुरी  and singer was मन्ना  डे .The situation shows the chain of vocal singing programmes presented by the hero of the film :राकेश पाण्डेय   on his radio broadcast.
 First song was:
 “मस्त  मयूरा  नाचे ,
   आयी  बसंती  ऋतु रसवंती ,
   स्वप्न हुए सब सांचे,
   मस्त मयूरा नाचे..||”
   framed in early morning melody,राग  :तोड़ी . 
 The next song 
 “हरि  गुन  गा  ले  व्याकुल  मनवा|
   हरि का नाम सदा सुखदाई ,
   हरि गुन  गा ले ....” 
  was composed in राग : अहीर -भैरव .
 Third song was composed in the morning melody, राग : असावरी ,.The lyrics were
 "भोर  आयी  मधुमासी ,
   पंछी  चहके वन वन में ,
   गुन गुन पवन गाती |
   भोर आयी मधुमासी .....”.
 The concluding number of this रागमालिका was:
 “नैना  ढूंढें  तोहे  श्याम रे ,
   अब और नहीं कछु काम रे ,
   हाय राम ,
   नैना ढूंढे तोहे श्याम रे ….” 
  a popular composition framed in evening राग  :काफी . 
 All these songs were superbly sung by मन्ना  डे  as a perfectionist Classical Vocalist.